Florida
NewsBusters Podcast: A Surprisingly Wave-Free Election Night
The historical averages suggested a "red wave" of some size in the 2022 midterms. But the media's Election Night routine was slightly blander when there was no obvious tilt toward Republicans, but instead a tilt toward all incumbents. We had no cries of "whitelash" or talk of voters throwing two-year-old temper tantrums.
Nets Swoon Over Gen-Z Lefty Winning Lefty Seat; ‘I Love That Story!’
Following most nationwide elections, one of the liberal media’s favorite tropes is to trumpet so-called “historic” winners that assist one in filling out a diversity bingo card. Such was the case Wednesday morning after the lackluster Republican performance as ABC, CBS, and NBC used their flagship news programs to swoon over Democrat Maxwell Frost winning a dark-blue Orlando-area House seat to…
Navarro Alleges DeSantis Won Because 'He Gamed The System'
CNN political commentator and co-host of ABC’s The View, Ana Navarro joined the former’s Wednesday election coverage to react to the results in her native Florida where Gov. Ron DeSantis easily won re-election by almost 20 points. For Navarro, the conventional wisdom about DeSantis is wrong because to get that massive win “he gamed the system” by creating “an unlevel playing field.”…
SAD TROMBONE: CBS Crisscrosses Florida, CAN’T Find One DeSantis Hater
Tuesday’s CBS Mornings featured attempts to smear conservatives and revisionist history on election denialsm, but it also included a laugh-out-loud segment in which co-host Tony Dokoupil traveled to Florida and, despite stops four different restaurants (with three airing) in three different parts of the state, Dokoupil couldn’t find a single hater of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and open…
WashPost, NY Times Throw Lame Hit Pieces at DeSantis in Last Weekend
Gov. Ron DeSantis may be cruising to re-election in Florida, but that doesn't mean the liberal newspapers are letting up. The Washington Post and The New York Times both published hit pieces in the last weekend of the campaign that didn't come close to leaving a bruise.
At DeSantis Debate, NY Times Falsely Cries 'False...Misleading Claims'
New York Times reporters Patricia Mazzei and Maggie Astor reported on Monday evening’s one and only debate in the Florida governor’s race, pitting sitting Republican Ron DeSantis against Democrat and former state governor Charlie Crist. But under the guise of fighting misinformation on abortion and transgender issues by Ron DeSantis, the reporters spread their own: "....asked whether…
Scarborough Tries To Suggest Crist Is More Conservative Than DeSantis
MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough managed to parody himself on Tuesday’s show when he suggested to Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist that the two of them are both more conservative than Gov. Ron DeSantis, who allegedly seeks to centralize power in himself and is against the free market.
Twitter Censors, Restores FL Surgeon General mRNA Tweet
Follow the science—except when it undermines Big Tech’s favorite narratives. Twitter upheld that precept when it censored but later reinstated a tweet from Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo recommending that young men not get mRNA COVID-19 vaccines based on new evidence he has.
MSNBC Promotes Conspiracy About Pro-Lifers Seeking Teen Menstrual Data
For MSNBC, not all conspiracy theories are created equal. When a Democrat is engaging in them, they get invitations for softball interviews such as when California Rep. Sarah Jacobs joined Saturday’s Alex Witt Reports to suggest that Florida’s 15-week abortion ban will lead to teenagers having their menstrual health data weaponized against them.
PolitiFact: DeSantis Mostly False For Not Evacuating Uninhabited Park
PolitiFact is at it again. This time they are accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of making a “mostly false” statement when he said that Hurricane Ian was not predicated to hit Lee County despite conceding his statements on the matter were basically correct.
4 Lefty Outlets Exploit Hurricane Ian Tragedy to Push Climate Change
The liberal media politicized the deaths of at least 87 people in Florida by blaming the destruction of Hurricane Ian on one their favorite boogeyman — man-made climate change.
Faceplant: Politico Calls Taxpayer Money Biden’s ‘Wallet’
Politico appears to believe that the mountains of cash that taxpayers dish out to the federal government belong to President Joe Biden’s own “wallet.”
DeSantis SCHOOLS CNN Reporter as Lefties Try to Pin Blame for Storm
Over the weekend, the liberal media made the pivot to pin blame for Hurricane Ian’s catastrophic destruction and loss of life in Florida n Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and Lee County officials. CNN was naturally part of this campaign Sunday afternoon as they sent correspondent Nadia Romero to confront DeSantis. Spoiler alert: It didn’t go well for them as DeSantis wiped the floor with the…
NY Times: DeSantis Hurricane Hypocrite For Shunning Fed Covid Guidance
In Thursday’s New York Times, reporters Reid Epstein and Alan Rappeport tried to paint Gov. Ron DeSantis as hypocritical for receiving federal assistance in the wake of the hugely damaging Hurricane Ian under the hostile headline “Ron DeSantis Pauses Political Bomb-Throwing as Hurricane Ian Hits.” They decided to drag Covid into the act, foolishly, given DeSantis’s impressive record…